INCREASE ATTENDANCE
Your congregation is only as big as the people who attend and actively participate regularly. We know why people come to church or tune into your ministry's sermons - they want to become a better person, come closer to their spirituality, and connect with like minds who help them on their journey. But why are people not coming to church? Why has attendance been declining over the years? Some people are not finding a sense of community in the church. Others feel that their local ministry is irrelevant or unimportant to them. Some people simply feel as if they just do not have the time.
What are areas that you can improve in your ministry to attract more people to your church?
Here is a list of a few ways that our clients have utilized our tools to increase attendance within their congregation. Click the drop-down arrow on the right to learn more about different ways Congregation Connection can help you attract more people to your ministry or church.
Do you know what piques your community's interest? Get to know your community by using live calls to collect information about your neighborhood to see what type of activities and engagement techniques they respond to best. Use prerecorded calls to invite people to a social event, block party, or movie night.
Attract the younger generation by sending them text messages inviting them to a youth group outing. Attract your busy crowd by offering them the option of Church by Phone at a convenient time or offering telemeetings bi-weekly or monthly to keep distant members up to date and reel them back in.
You don't have to have a fancy light show, stadium seats, or a coffee shop in your church to attract people to join your congregation. You don't even have to have a home church at all. Many of our clients are ministries who are making a difference in all parts of the world and conducting most of their outreach with mobile technology.
Mission trips are so much more fun and helpful when you get more people involved. Increase your mission trip attendance by making sure that everyone knows exactly where it is, when it is, the costs involved, and the expectations to be met.
Use our highly trained live communicators to personally call each member, cordially invite them, and inform them of all of the details that they need to know so they can be prepared. If your contacts are ready to register at that moment, their payment can be processed right there over the phone.
Follow up with a prerecorded call or text message as your sign up deadline nears to ensure that you get the most response possible. Your number will be on that caller ID so when your members are ready to register, they can reach you easily!
Another thing our clients like to do to increase mission trip attendance is to use 5-10 minutes of their telemeeting time to inform every attendee at once, as well as give each attendee the opportunity to transfer out of the call and register with a live agent who can process their registration.
Knowledge is power, and your ministry is full of it. Every time you come together for worship service, your preacher is imparting knowledge on your congregation.
Do you have spiritually focused classes, personal development classes, or classes that cover extracurricular activities? Maybe you have an online video series related to your sermons already posted to your website? Make some phone calls or send out some texts to promote your classes and boost your congregation's participation and engagement. Send reminders the day of, and use our highly trained live communicators to follow up with participants once your class is complete to get feedback about your classes and to encourage them to sign up for upcoming classes.
Some ministries and churches actually have a set of classes that are meant to guide newcomers throughout their spiritual journey. Increase your attendance to these classes by hosting them via telemeeting instead of in person so that you can get newcomers on the fast track to active membership.
It takes manpower to get your congregation's goals accomplished. We want to help you get as much help as possible out of your congregation so that you can change more lives. This is why we recommend that every single charitable campaign or altruistic event be promoted with calls or texts so that you do not miss a chance to make a difference.
Use prerecorded calls or automated texts to send out invites and discuss your needs for your event. Want to recruit volunteers? Use live calls from our highly trained communicators to encourage your congregation to get involved and give back to the community. We will send you a list of people who committed, what they committed to, their contact information, and any other information you may need to get the job done.
Telemeetings are a great way to plan your efforts with your contributors quickly and conveniently. Attendees can answer poll questions regarding their opinions on aspects of your event by pressing a button, and speakers can bring anyone live to share helpful information at any time as well. Don't have time to hear everyone's thoughts? No problem. Attendees can leave a message at the end of the telemeeting so that you can listen later and address it at the next one, or contact them personally if need be.
Another great way to bring your congregation together and have them interact and engage with each other is through social events like dinners or lunches, craft nights, game nights, or even karaoke.
Allow your congregation to mingle, get to know each other, and build relationships that strengthen your community. Harness the power of our live communicators to personally invite and remind your congregation of upcoming events, and take a moment to announce them in your next telemeeting.
Telemeetings are also a great way for your congregation to get to know each other by allowing them to share about themselves live on the call. Other members can relate to and feed off of what previous members have shared.
Your congregation has a voice. The more members you have, the more they have to say. It is important to constantly encourage your congregation to let their voice be heard freely in a welcoming environment where they feel comfortable.
A great activity that facilitates some pretty insightful discussions is Bible Studies. Invite as many people as you can to attend your Bible Studies by sending out a prerecorded invitation, or a text invitation. Running out of space to hold Bible Studies because your group is expanding rapidly?
Some of our clients have overcome that challenge by hosting their bible studies via telemeeting. Whether you have 50 attendees or 5,000, you will never run out space to invite guests to join you in discussing your chosen scriptures and sharing what it means to them with the press of a button. Your bible study attendance may even increase due to the fact that it is super convenient to join from the comfort of their home.
Did you want to get any type of specific feedback from your congregation regarding recent events or changes in the ministry? Or did you just want to get to know your congregation a little bit better? Our highly trained live communicators can call on your behalf and field a quick survey to get you valuable, accurate, and neutral data that will make a difference in how you manage your congregation.
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